The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2030
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
10:30 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1328
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 | 238.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.73° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.41° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.