The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2057
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
12:12 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1662
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 | 260.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -17.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.24° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.21° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.