The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 23, 2046
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1526
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 | 224.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.06° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.58° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.