The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
3:49 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 611
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 36.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.05° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.54° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| 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.