The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1999
First Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
2:30 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 945
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.30° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.04° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.96° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.