The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 23, 1900
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
2:26 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -280
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / 3.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.78° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.22° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.