The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
2:14 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1081
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 | 98.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 64.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 4.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.47° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.76° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.