The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2119
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
3:53 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2429
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 | 137.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 37.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -9.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.44° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.90° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.