The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% 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
4:53 PM
3:56 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2528
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 | 132.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 37.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.58° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.31° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.