The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 24, 2019
Waning Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
11:09 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1192
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 | 247.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -19.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.12° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.59° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.