The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 23, 1932
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 AM
9:06 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 116
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 | 227.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -26.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.43° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.22° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.