The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 2117
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
1:18 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2404
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 240.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.07° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.61° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.06° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.