The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
3:06 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1415
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 | 107.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 53.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.88° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.16° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.