The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
3:59 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -57
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 | 142.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 32.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.65° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.31° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.