The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 1978
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
8:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 685
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 278.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.69° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.24° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.