The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2015
Waxing Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
11:58 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1143
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 | 43.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.27° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.46° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.