The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2033
Last Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
1:10 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1365
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -7.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.57° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.49° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.