The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 2076
Waning Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
10:52 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1897
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 | 245.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -21.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.13° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.81° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.