The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 2038
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1427
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 | 219.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -22.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.03° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.81° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.