The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 24, 1920
First Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
1:34 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -32
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 6.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.47° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.77° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.38° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.