The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1965
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
12:03 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 524
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 | 259.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 244.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.87° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.04° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.