The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 2087
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
12:32 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2033
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 | 260.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -8.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.04° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.99° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.25° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.