The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 1997
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
6:38 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 920
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.3° / 307.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.09° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.68° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.