The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 1916
Last Quarter
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
12:47 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -82
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -5.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.36° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.15° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.