The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2047
Waning Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
6:07 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1538
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.3° / 210.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.63° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.80° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.