The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
4:17 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 277
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 34.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -0.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.51° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.12° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.