The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2165
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
3:56 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2998
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 | 129.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 39.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -2.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.11° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.88° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.