The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2098
Waning Gibbous
56.3% 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
2:14 AM
12:23 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2169
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 | 262.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.99° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.26° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.