The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2014
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
2:33 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1130
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 | 284.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 241.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -2.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.18° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.90° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.