The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 2001
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
8:25 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 969
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.3° / 143.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.89° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.33° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 42.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.