The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 23, 1985
Waxing Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 772
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 | 42.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 80.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 26.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.11° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.05° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.