The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 2038
Waning Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
10:48 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1427
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 | 244.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.98° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.20° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.