The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
3:34 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1217
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 | 113.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.38° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.31° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.