The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2133
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
7:49 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2602
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 | 208.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -25.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.68° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.43° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.