The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 24, 1976
Waning Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
4:53 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 660
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 223.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 8.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.20° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.96° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.