The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 23, 2003
Waning Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
1:41 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 994
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 | 277.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 236.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.61° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.66° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.