The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1982
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
8:17 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 734
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 | 352.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.0° / 147.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.79° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.81° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.53° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 44.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.