The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
3:03 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 945
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 54.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 6.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.93° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.75° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.