The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 23, 2174
Last Quarter
52.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
12:53 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3109
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -13.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.07° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.27° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.