The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
2:53 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2825
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 | 97.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 12.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.03° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.97° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.