The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
4:02 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2157
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 | 129.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 38.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.13° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.33° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.