The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 23, 1951
Waning Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 351
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 | 214.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -28.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.21° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.83° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.