The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 23, 2118
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 2417
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.90° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.10° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.