The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 1900
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
3:37 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -280
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 8.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.19° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.46° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.