The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 1911
Waning Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
1:22 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -144
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -9.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.23° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.37° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.23° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.