The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 PM
3:43 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1452
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 | 117.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 45.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / 4.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.72° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.51° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.