The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 1908
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
11:36 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -181
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.15° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.36° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| 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.