The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 1948
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
6:21 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 314
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 292.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.18° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.04° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.