The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 2045
Waxing Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
1:40 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1514
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 68.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 15.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.68° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.99° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.