The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 23, 1927
Waning Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
12:21 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 54
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 | 262.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.20° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.66° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.