The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 21, 2184
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
4:23 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3233
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 29.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -4.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.34° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.10° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.