The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1936
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 166
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 | 49.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 38m / 19.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.06° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.30° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.69° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.