The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 23, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
3:52 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3097
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 | 132.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 40.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -6.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.12° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.09° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.