The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 2124
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
3:18 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2491
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 | 126.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -7.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.78° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.95° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.