The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 1940
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
7:16 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 215
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.89° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.44° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.