The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
4:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1823
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 | 153.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.6° / 8.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.77° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.34° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| 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.