The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
6:08 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2565
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 324.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.32° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.34° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.