The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
2:21 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 846
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 | 100.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 62.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 3.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.70° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.99° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.55° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.