The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2139
Last Quarter
46.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
1:36 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2676
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 244.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -7.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.66° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.28° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.