The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 2084
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1996
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.09° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.20° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.