The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 23, 2081
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
6:15 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1959
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 | 190.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.43° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.