The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1987
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
6:07 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 796
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 | 325.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.8° / 205.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 12.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.59° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.20° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.