The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
4:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 178
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 | 162.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.7° / 352.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 43m / -18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.18° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.34° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.