The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
8:31 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1155
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 | 211.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.43° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.83° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.