The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
2:20 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -230
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 | 119.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 62.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -0.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.05° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.63° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.