The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 23, 1969
Waxing Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
1:59 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 574
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 | 80.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 65.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.84° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.75° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.