The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 1920
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
12:57 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -32
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 75.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.69° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.16° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.60° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.