The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 24, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
5:40 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1118
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 324.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.37° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.