The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
3:55 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 42
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 | 122.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 41.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / 3.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.02° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.92° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.