The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 1942
First Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
2:14 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 240
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.21° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.76° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.92° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.