The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 23, 1917
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
10:31 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -69
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 101.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 24.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.74° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / -0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.23° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.