The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
2:47 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 846
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 | 112.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 57.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / -1.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.95° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.35° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.