The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 1914
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
5:47 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -107
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 | 333.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.9° / 224.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.04° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.36° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.