The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 24, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
5:02 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -57
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 343.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.01° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.93° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.