The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 2034
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
1:03 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1378
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 | 74.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.78° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.49° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.21° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.