The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
3:03 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 611
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 | 119.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 54.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -4.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.20° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.94° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.