The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2091
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
1:02 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2083
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 | 71.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 73.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.58° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.80° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.