The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
3:38 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1118
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 | 132.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 42.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -7.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.00° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.70° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.