The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2084
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
7:13 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1996
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.41° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.82° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.