The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 2147
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
1:23 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2775
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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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 | 272.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -10.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.78° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.88° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| 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.