The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2152
Waning Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2837
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -26.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.70° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.23° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.