The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 1947
Waxing Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
11:39 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 302
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 25.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.73° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.93° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.