The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2135
Waxing Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
3:02 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2627
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 | 102.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 10.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.61° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.10° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| 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.