The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 23, 1968
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
5:35 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 561
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 211.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.95° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.39° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.