The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 1981
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
9:53 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 722
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 | 231.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 261.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.29° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.04° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| 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.