The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1192
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -22.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.82° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.19° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.