The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
2:33 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -193
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 60.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 5.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.65° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.20° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.