The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 2046
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
6:59 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1526
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 | 199.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -26.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.60° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.21° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.