The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2101
Waning Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
2:52 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2206
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 | 288.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 237.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -2.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.45° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / -2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.88° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.