The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
2:33 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1044
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 | 98.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 60.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 7.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.96° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.16° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.