The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 2043
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
6:08 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1489
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -26.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.88° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.84° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.3° |
| 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.