The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
5:35 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 648
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.4° / 324.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -19.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.49° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.76° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.