The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
2:07 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1551
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 | 97.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.14° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.14° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.