The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 24, 2024
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
6:29 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1254
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 | 193.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -27.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.01° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.25° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.