The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 1916
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
10:24 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -82
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 | 250.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -16.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.60° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.73° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| 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.