The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2000
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
8:43 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 957
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -21.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.88° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.42° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.