The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2163
Waning Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2973
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 | 226.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 267.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -17.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.91° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.44° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.