The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 2049
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
11:40 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1563
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 256.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -12.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.81° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.29° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.42° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.