The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 22, 1938
Last Quarter
48.7% 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
1:51 AM
1:27 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 190
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 248.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -5.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.51° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.21° / -6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.87° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.