The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 2004
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
11:30 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1007
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 90.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.74° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.72° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.