The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 1925
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
8:48 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 30
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.1° / 133.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 15.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.11° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.35° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 345.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.