The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 23, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
4:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 648
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 | 159.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.2° / 357.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.53° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.95° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.