The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 1965
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
1:04 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 524
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 239.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -15.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.91° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.26° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.