The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
4:06 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 982
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 | 128.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / 0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.51° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.92° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.