The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 23, 2024
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
5:49 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1254
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.0° / 302.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -24.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.05° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.07° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 180.0° |
| 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.