The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2037
Waxing Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 PM
1:49 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1415
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.57° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.58° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.