The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
3:39 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 710
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 45.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 1.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.84° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.13° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.