The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 1933
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
7:32 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 128
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 | 340.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.5° / 177.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 19.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.82° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.67° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.