The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 2071
Waning Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
3:37 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1835
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 | 297.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 231.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 0.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.31° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.61° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.53° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.