The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 2054
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
7:58 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1625
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 | 204.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -18.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.86° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.01° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.