The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 22, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
4:12 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 747
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 | 129.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / 0.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.74° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.74° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.