The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 23, 2194
Waxing Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3357
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 79.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.87° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.08° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.