The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 2012
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
9:35 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1106
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 | 7.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.0° / 117.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.34° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / 0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.41° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.