The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 21, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
3:58 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2293
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -5.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.85° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.11° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.