The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
5:37 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 79
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 | 170.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.0° / 330.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.44° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.94° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.