The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 24, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
3:34 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -193
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 45.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -4.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.88° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.81° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.