The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 24, 1974
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
11:49 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 636
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,700 km.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 89.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 21.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.08° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.32° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.