The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 23, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
4:20 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1687
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 31.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -4.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.27° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.52° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| 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.