The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2160
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
7:58 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2936
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 | 208.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -22.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.26° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.81° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.