The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 1900
Waning Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
1:15 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -280
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 255.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.44° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / -6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.00° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.