The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 23, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
4:42 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 277
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 | 142.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 22.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -4.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.38° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.92° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.