The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 2106
Waning Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
10:59 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2268
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 | 242.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 260.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 23m / -14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.58° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.63° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.