The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 2006
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
3:49 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1031
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 228.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / 0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.54° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.