The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 2049
Last Quarter
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
12:50 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1563
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -7.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.03° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.62° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.