The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 2076
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
9:42 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1897
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,900 km.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 257.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.75° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.61° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| 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.