The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 2027
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1291
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 | 216.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -26.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.68° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.81° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.