The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 24, 1996
Waxing Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
1:18 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 908
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 | 79.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 72.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.53° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.78° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.36° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.