The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 1992
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
12:22 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 858
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -10.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.88° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.42° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.