The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 1921
Waning Gibbous
92.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
8:34 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.1%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -20
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 | 212.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.31° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.03° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.