The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 2102
Waxing Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
12:47 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2219
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 19.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.76° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.02° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| 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.