The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
3:54 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1588
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 37.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.57° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.30° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.