The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
4:23 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 178
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 | 151.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 18.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.33° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.53° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.