The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 1960
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
8:01 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 462
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.5° / 151.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.99° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.30° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.