The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 2166
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
12:02 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3010
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.66° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.47° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| 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.