The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 1990
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
7:00 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 833
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 | 333.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.1° / 194.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 17.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.21° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.86° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.