The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
3:25 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 611
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 | 130.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 47.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -9.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.16° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.74° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.