The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 22, 1927
Waning Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
11:12 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 54
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 | 249.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.50° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.45° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.