The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2200
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
2:08 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3431
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 | 96.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.34° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.30° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.