The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 22, 2158
Waning Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
2:43 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2911
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 | 286.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 240.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -1.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.96° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.02° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.31° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.