The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 2123
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
4:38 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2478
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 | 308.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 228.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.40° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.58° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.