The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 1905
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
8:49 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -218
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 | 230.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 274.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.12° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.33° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.