The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
4:24 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1588
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 | 145.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 23.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -10.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.40° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.11° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.