The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 22, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
5:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1019
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 | 164.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.3° / 345.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.10° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.91° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.