The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
5:17 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1254
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 | 169.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.3° / 332.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.35° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| 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.