The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
3:03 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1650
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 | 104.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 53.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.26° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.34° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.