The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 1913
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -119
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 | 233.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -25.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.40° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.13° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| 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.