The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2058
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
8:11 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1674
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.1° / 149.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 16.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.95° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.29° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.