The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2054
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
6:31 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1625
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 313.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -15.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.21° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 13.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.