The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 1903
Waning Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
3:12 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -243
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 | 305.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / 3.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.71° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.88° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.