The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
3:37 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 982
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 | 114.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 46.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 6.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.98° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.11° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.