The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1970
Waning Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
9:07 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 586
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 | 226.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -25.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.58° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.11° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.83° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.