The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 2188
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
4:21 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3282
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 217.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / -0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.45° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.36° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.