The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
1:21 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -94
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 | 96.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 7.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.66° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.82° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| 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.