The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 24, 2049
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
1:59 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1563
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° 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 | 277.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -2.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.99° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.84° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.