The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 23, 1929
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
6:06 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 79
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 6:19 AM, is deepest at 8:37 AM and ends at 10:54 AM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -21.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.47° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.75° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 150.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.