The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 23, 1901
Waxing Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -267
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 | 72.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 85.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 11.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.89° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.92° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.89° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.