The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 2073
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
8:19 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1860
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.07° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.80° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.