The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
11:08 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1106
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 | 29.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 96.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 20.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.25° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.92° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.