The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 24, 1968
Waning Crescent
6.2% 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
4:34 AM
6:36 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 561
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 | 331.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.4° / 196.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.81° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.63° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.