The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 2060
Waning Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
11:17 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1699
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 | 251.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 247.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -21.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.88° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.66° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| 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.