The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 1944
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
11:17 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 265
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 | 29.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 21.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.21° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.35° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.