The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2046
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
10:10 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1526
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 | 236.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -20.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.71° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.78° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.