The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 22, 2044
Waning Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
3:49 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1501
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 1.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.93° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.21° / -1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.14° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.