The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 1944
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
9:17 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 265
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.2° / 124.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 17.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.61° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.84° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.