The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 2106
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
9:08 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2268
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -18.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.80° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.23° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.