The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
2:39 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 809
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 | 100.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 59.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.18° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.73° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.