The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 2038
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
9:46 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1427
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -22.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.73° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.01° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.