The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1998
Waning Crescent
2.1% 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
5:36 AM
7:31 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 932
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.3° / 165.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 12.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.34° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.67° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.