The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2003
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
12:36 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 994
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 241.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.98° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.45° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.