The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 1989
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
9:08 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 821
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 260.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.53° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.63° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.