The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1981
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
10:50 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 722
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.81° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.80° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.24° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.