The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2120
Waning Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
3:01 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2441
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 | 290.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -0.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.08° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.69° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.