The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 1995
Waning Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
2:32 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 895
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 | 284.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 241.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.54° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.07° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.