The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 23, 2030
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
12:46 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1328
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 | 263.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -8.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.02° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.82° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.