The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 1901
Waxing Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
11:50 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -267
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 | 59.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 90.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 15.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.68° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.79° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.12° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.