The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2195
Waxing Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
4:20 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3369
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 | 152.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 18.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.89° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.93° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.