The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 1968
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
4:35 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 561
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 | 309.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 221.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 3.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.99° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.15° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.