The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 1951
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
6:53 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 351
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -28.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.08° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.65° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.