The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2045
Waxing Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
1:05 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1514
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.44° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.70° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.21° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.