The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 1987
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
5:01 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 796
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 218.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.68° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.96° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.