The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 2117
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
11:11 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2404
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 | 250.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 247.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.75° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.64° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.