The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 23, 1924
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
11:07 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 17
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 | 245.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.14° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.82° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.