The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 22, 2011
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
11:12 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1093
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 | 245.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -14.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.14° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.81° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.