The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Waning Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
11:29 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 994
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 245.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.98° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.24° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.