The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 23, 2072
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
1:04 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1848
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 13.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.97° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.60° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.