The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 23, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
3:10 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 710
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 52.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 5.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.02° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.33° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| 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.