The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2071
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
12:41 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1835
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -10.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.10° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.86° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.