The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 1969
Waxing Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
1:31 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 574
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 | 69.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 69.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 21.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.81° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.97° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.