The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 2122
Waning Gibbous
98.7% 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
10:14 PM
6:42 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2466
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 | 192.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -24.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.34° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.25° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.