The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 24, 1943
Waning Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
11:00 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 252
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 | 244.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.57° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.63° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.