The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 2009
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
7:06 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1068
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 | 334.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.8° / 192.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.68° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.66° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.