The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 23, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
4:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1118
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.0° / 358.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.54° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.33° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.