The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 22, 2061
Waxing Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
12:01 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1712
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 78.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 27.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.23° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.29° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.