The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
5:36 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2565
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 | 162.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 348.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -10.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.58° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.52° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.