The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 22, 2101
Waning Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
3:55 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2206
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 231.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 3.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.11° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.