The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 24, 1954
Waning Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
12:17 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 388
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 | 258.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -11.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.48° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.61° / -3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.05° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.