The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 2077
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
10:51 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1910
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 99.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 24.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.13° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.39° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.