The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 1989
Waning Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
7:05 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 821
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -27.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.66° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.25° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.