The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
4:07 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1452
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn 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 | 129.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -0.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.87° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.32° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.