The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
3:06 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2256
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 | 122.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.92° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.74° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.