The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2006
Waning Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
2:36 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1031
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 234.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.32° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.32° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.32° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.