The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 2020
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
10:53 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1205
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.1° / 99.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 23.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.21° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.36° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.