The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
4:21 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 42
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 | 133.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 32.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -1.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.38° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.72° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.