The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2090
Last Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
1:28 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2070
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -8.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.97° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.66° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.