The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 2089
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
6:31 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2058
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.7° / 307.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.99° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 45.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.