The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2189
Waxing Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
1:35 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3295
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 67.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 22.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.97° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.75° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.