The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
4:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3134
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.4° / 5.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.08° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.53° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.