The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
2:39 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 5
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 | 103.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 58.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.17° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.53° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.