The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 22, 2016
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
6:59 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1155
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.72° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.46° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| 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.