The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
2:36 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1180
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 | 96.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 10.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.04° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.17° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.