The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 1981
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 722
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 | 220.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 268.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.98° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.84° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.