The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 2055
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
4:04 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1637
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / -1.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.13° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.