The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 2065
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1761
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 | 216.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -24.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.16° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.20° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.