The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2068
Last Quarter
46.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
1:45 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1798
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 248.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -3.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.74° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.66° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.