The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2075
Waxing Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
1:33 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1885
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 | 73.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 68.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.86° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.18° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.