The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 22, 1904
First Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
1:06 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -230
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 74.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 8.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.82° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.04° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.