The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
4:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2664
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 | 154.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 13.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.65° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.91° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.