The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 23, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
4:35 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 982
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 24.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -5.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.13° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.73° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| 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.