The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 23, 2068
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
12:36 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1798
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 | 261.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 253.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -8.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.54° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.44° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.