The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 1970
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
6:53 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 586
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 | 199.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -28.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.97° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.46° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.