The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2144
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
10:30 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2738
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.82° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.84° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.