The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2076
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1897
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -24.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.35° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.42° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.