The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 2136
Last Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
12:56 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2639
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 242.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -14.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.34° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.83° / 4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.65° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.