The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2067
First Quarter
53.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
1:58 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.1%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1786
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 67.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.18° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.56° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.