The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
12:55 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1242
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 73.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 25.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.71° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.43° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.