The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 2162
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
2:05 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2961
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 | 97.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.55° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.72° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.