The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 23, 2008
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1056
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 | 219.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -26.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.97° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.22° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.