The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
3:10 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 475
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 | 112.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 3.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.23° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.91° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.