The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 1996
Waxing Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
12:07 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 908
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 82.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.77° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.81° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.