The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
3:34 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1316
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 | 136.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 42.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.57° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.34° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.