The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 1989
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
6:17 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 821
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 | 190.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.5° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -26.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.00° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.06° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.