The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 1956
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
6:01 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 413
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 9:48 AM, is deepest at 11:31 AM and ends at 1:13 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 307.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -21.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.70° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 186.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.