The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 2057
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1662
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 | 220.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 265.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -23.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.59° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.62° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.