The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
4:16 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2899
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 22.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.53° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.31° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.