The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
3:37 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1687
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 | 114.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 47.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.08° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.91° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.