The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 23, 1962
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 487
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 | 229.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 263.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.76° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.23° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.