The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 2106
Waning Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2268
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 | 231.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 265.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.65° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.43° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.