The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 1970
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 586
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 | 213.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -27.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.24° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.64° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.