The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 23, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
4:32 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1452
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 | 142.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 24.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -6.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.44° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.13° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.