The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 2064
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
2:25 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1749
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 62.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 3.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.17° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.76° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.