The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 24, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
3:38 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2021
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 | 135.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 42.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.97° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.13° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.