The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 23, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
3:03 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -193
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 | 127.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / 0.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.03° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.00° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.