The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2039
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
7:33 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1439
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 | 344.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.2° / 163.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.25° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.48° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.