The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 1992
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
11:23 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 858
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 | 248.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 256.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.03° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.21° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.