The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 23, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
1:43 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -230
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 | 106.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 3.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.95° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.83° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.