The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
3:10 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1081
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 | 125.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -7.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.73° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.34° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.35° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.