The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 2072
First Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
1:46 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1848
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 9.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.12° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / 1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.38° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.