The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
3:40 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1415
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 44.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 2.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.19° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.96° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.