The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 2190
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3307
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -27.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.68° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.84° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.