The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
4:40 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1019
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 | 151.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 13.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -13.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.36° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.09° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.