The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 1924
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 17
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 | 232.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.02° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.62° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.