The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 23, 1935
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
11:12 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 153
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 | 247.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.69° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.03° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.