The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2009
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
5:52 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1068
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.9° / 214.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 13.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.65° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.42° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.