The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 1986
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
6:25 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 784
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.66° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.64° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.