The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 2054
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
8:46 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1625
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 | 215.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.28° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.20° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.