The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 1906
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
7:08 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -206
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.6° / 177.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.85° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.04° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 38.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.