The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
5:06 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1489
Events on this date
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Mars, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 1.7° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 342.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.13° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.54° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.