The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 2100
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
4:22 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2194
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 | 150.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 18.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.66° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.52° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.