The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 23, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
2:42 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1885
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 12.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.51° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.74° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.