The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 23, 2011
Waning Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
12:14 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1093
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.61° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.01° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.