The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2041
Waning Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
11:26 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1464
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 13m / -21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.12° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.86° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.