The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2061
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 1712
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 86.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 28.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.47° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.53° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.