The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 2000
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 957
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 | 227.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -21.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.68° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.61° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.