The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2023
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
11:17 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1242
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.6° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 33m / 27.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.03° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.15° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.