The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 23, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
4:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 883
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.6° / 358.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.36° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.13° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.