The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 2015
Waxing Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
12:39 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1143
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 | 67.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 77.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 13.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.44° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.00° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.