The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2079
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
10:33 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1934
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -24.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.28° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.24° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.