The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 1988
Waxing Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
1:24 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 809
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 21.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.62° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.39° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.