The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 1943
Waning Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 252
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.13° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.44° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.