The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
2:20 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2021
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 | 103.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 63.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 1.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.24° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.74° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.