The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 24, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
3:39 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1081
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 | 138.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.8° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -13.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.74° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.16° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.