The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1954
Waning Gibbous
79.3% 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
12:16 AM
10:03 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 388
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 | 234.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 260.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.28° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.31° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.64° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.