The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 1958
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
12:44 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 438
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 | 70.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 77.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 11.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.37° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.98° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.