The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2022
Waning Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
11:39 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1229
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 245.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -21.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.16° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.03° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.