The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
3:33 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1551
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 | 136.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 42.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -12.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.47° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.54° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.