The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 2057
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
9:53 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1662
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.19° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.81° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.