The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
3:15 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 141
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 | 124.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 50.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -6.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.70° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.12° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.