The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 2133
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2602
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 | 219.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -26.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.61° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.62° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| 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.