The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 1973
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
10:34 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 623
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 | 239.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.86° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.43° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| 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.