The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 24, 1982
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
10:44 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 735
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 | 20.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.4° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 34m / 21.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.96° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.98° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.