The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 1942
Waxing Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
1:38 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 240
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 | 81.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 68.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 12.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.65° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.14° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.