The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2121
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
1:10 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2454
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 | 70.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 73.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.53° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.21° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.