The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2154
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
3:01 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2862
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 | 102.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 9.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.48° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.30° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.