The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2025
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
3:38 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1266
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / 0.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.75° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.34° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.