The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 1979
Waning Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
5:16 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 697
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 | 317.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 209.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 4.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.87° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.40° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.