The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 1963
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
8:17 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 499
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.5° / 146.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.77° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.72° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 41.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.