The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 1974
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
10:01 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 636
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 | 10.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.5° / 111.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.01° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.81° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.