The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 23, 2132
Waxing Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
3:21 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2590
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 | 109.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 50.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.10° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.60° / -6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.55° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.