The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2169
Waning Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
3:33 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3047
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 223.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / -4.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.99° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.54° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.