The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 2049
Waning Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
10:28 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1563
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 261.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.37° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.22° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.