The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
2:11 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2256
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 | 99.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 2.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.22° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.78° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.15° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.