The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1931
First Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
2:20 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 104
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.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 62.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.52° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.14° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.