The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2182
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3208
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,600 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.84° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.26° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.