The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 1930
Waning Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
2:59 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 91
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 | 292.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 230.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.85° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.54° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.