The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2034
Waxing Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1378
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 86.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.56° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.52° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.67° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.