The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 24, 1901
Waxing Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
12:24 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -267
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 81.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 7.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.70° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.61° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.66° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.