The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 23, 2163
Waning Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
11:52 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2973
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.44° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.83° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| 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.