The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 23, 2022
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
2:02 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1229
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 234.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -10.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.68° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.45° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.