The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 22, 2178
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
12:44 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3159
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 15.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.99° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.01° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.