The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 1982
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 AM
9:32 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 735
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.3° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 31m / 18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.86° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / 4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.23° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.