The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2149
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
6:28 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2800
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 311.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.39° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.46° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 17.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.