The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 23, 1949
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
4:49 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 326
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 | 312.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 218.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.26° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.58° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.