The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
4:42 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1687
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 17.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -9.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.67° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.33° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.