The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2095
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
7:45 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2132
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 | 206.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -24.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.58° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.05° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.