The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2087
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
10:27 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2033
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 | 236.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.07° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.58° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.84° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| 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.