The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
2:31 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 141
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 61.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.38° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.52° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.