The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
76.2% 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
4:04 PM
3:08 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.2%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 376
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 | 121.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 53.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / -5.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.85° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.52° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.