The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
3:30 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 376
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 45.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -10.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.91° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.33° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.