The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
4:19 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1823
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 | 142.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 27.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -9.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.80° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.53° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.