The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 24, 2083
First Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
1:56 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1984
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 | 88.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 67.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 8.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.62° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.17° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| 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.