The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
2:10 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2726
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 | 100.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 2.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.32° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.53° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.