The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 1923
Waxing Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
1:23 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 5
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 71.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 12.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.82° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.95° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.