The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 2068
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
10:19 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1798
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.52° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.04° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.