The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 1910
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
5:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -156
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 10:45 PM, is deepest at 12:34 AM and ends at 2:22 AM. Totality lasts from 12:08 AM to 12:59 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.7° / 325.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -22.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.83° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.17° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.