The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
2:40 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1279
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 | 104.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 3.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.03° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.74° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.36° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.