The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 2060
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
1:41 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1699
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 | 277.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 237.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -11.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.29° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.09° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.