The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 2004
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1007
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 83.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 27.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.58° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.48° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.