The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 23, 2135
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
3:52 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2627
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -3.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.36° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.71° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.