The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2185
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
12:12 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3245
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -14.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.23° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.21° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.27° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.