The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 1989
Waning Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 821
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 265.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -27.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.50° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.44° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.