The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
3:31 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3097
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 47.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -0.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.22° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.29° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.