The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 1959
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
7:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 450
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 | 196.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.86° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.24° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.