The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 23, 2019
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
10:13 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1192
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 | 236.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -21.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.08° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.39° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.