The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2180
Waning Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
6:18 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3183
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 202.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 13.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.45° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.03° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.