The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1903
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 AM
5:21 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -243
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 | 330.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 220.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 10.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.49° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.36° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.