The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 2053
First Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
1:51 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1613
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 67.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 8.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.86° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.19° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.