The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2143
First Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
1:35 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2726
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.08° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.74° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.