The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 23, 1940
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
8:11 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 215
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 | 207.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.67° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.63° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.