The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 1999
Waxing Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
1:52 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 945
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 | 83.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.34° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.34° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.18° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.