The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 1998
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
6:20 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 932
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.4° / 192.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.42° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.43° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.