The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% 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
2:31 PM
2:48 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 240
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 | 105.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 57.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.13° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.71° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.