The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 2193
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
11:35 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3344
Events on this date
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.38° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.60° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.87° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.