The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
5:57 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 920
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 | 171.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 330.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 22m / -14.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.84° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.50° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.