The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
5:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 277
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 | 153.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 6.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -9.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.29° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.73° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.