The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 2065
Waning Gibbous
73.5% 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
12:42 AM
10:46 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1761
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 | 242.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.11° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.59° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.