The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Last Quarter
48.7% 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
1:53 AM
1:26 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1130
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.17° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.68° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.