The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Last Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
1:13 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1093
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -6.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.82° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.22° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.