The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 2081
Waning Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
7:05 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1959
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 | 202.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -28.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.63° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.41° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.