The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
5:02 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1031
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 | 313.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 219.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 7.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.78° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.77° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.