The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 23, 2122
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
7:34 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2466
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 276.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -24.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.70° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.44° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.