The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 1916
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
11:37 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -82
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 258.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -10.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.63° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.93° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.