The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 23, 1973
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
11:35 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 623
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -14.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.93° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.12° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.63° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.