The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
4:34 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 512
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 | 138.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 26.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.36° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.34° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.