The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 1946
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
11:24 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 289
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 | 252.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 247.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.16° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.12° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.26° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.