The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1959
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
8:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 450
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.85° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.42° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.