The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 23, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
4:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -57
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 | 154.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.8° / 12.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.75° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.12° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.