The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
2:40 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 710
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 58.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 8.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.18° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.54° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.