The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
4:25 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2392
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 25.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -9.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.63° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.34° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.