The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 22, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
4:09 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 883
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 | 145.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 27.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -12.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.36° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.31° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.