The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 1903
Waning Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
4:15 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -243
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 | 317.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.2° / 232.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 7.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.88° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.31° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.12° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.