The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 1950
Waxing Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
1:13 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 339
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 | 63.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 71.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 23.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.16° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.78° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.