The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 2076
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
12:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1897
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 | 259.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.43° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.02° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| 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.