The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1943
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
8:51 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 252
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,600 km.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.55° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.25° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| 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.