The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 2032
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
3:57 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1353
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 | 137.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.6° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -9.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.89° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.90° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.