The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
3:58 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1687
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 | 125.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / 0.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.09° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.71° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.