The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
4:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1724
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.9° / 354.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.39° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.93° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.