The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
4:01 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2392
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 | 131.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 37.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -3.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.94° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.53° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.