The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 2014
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
4:45 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1130
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 223.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 6.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.59° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.35° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.