The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
2:40 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 475
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 | 100.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 58.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.10° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.12° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.