The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 23, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
4:39 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 747
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 22.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -5.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.27° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.55° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.