The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 2034
Waxing Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
12:19 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1378
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 | 61.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 79.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.41° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.28° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.44° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.