The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 1917
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
11:10 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -69
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 | 43.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 22.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.05° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.99° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.