The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 2094
Waxing Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
2:06 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2120
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.33° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.38° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.