The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 22, 1988
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
1:53 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 809
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 | 78.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 66.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.53° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.16° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.