The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
4:24 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2157
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 | 141.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 27.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -7.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.59° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.14° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.