The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 24, 1929
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
6:40 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 79
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 | 192.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 286.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.39° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.44° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| 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.