The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2146
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
3:31 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2763
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 | 121.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 46.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.47° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / -0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.68° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.