The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2092
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
7:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2095
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 | 197.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.9° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -18.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.50° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.42° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.