The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% 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
2:14 PM
2:14 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3196
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 | 100.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 2.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.50° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.91° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.