The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 23, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
4:57 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2664
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 | 166.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.5° / 338.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -22.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.23° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.73° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.