The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
1:45 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -94
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 | 108.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 1.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.06° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.61° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| 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.