The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 24, 2094
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
3:33 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2120
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 47.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / 5.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.24° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.75° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.