The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2124
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
2:16 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2491
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 | 102.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 63.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.12° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.35° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.