The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 2103
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
6:20 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2231
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 | 188.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 291.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -24.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.71° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.44° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.