The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
4:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1254
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 | 157.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 2.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -16.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.89° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.30° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.