The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 1933
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
8:35 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 128
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 | 351.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.2° / 144.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 23.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.78° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.92° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.