The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 1987
Waning Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
3:54 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 796
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 | 301.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.0° / 226.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 0.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.73° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.