The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2114
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
9:50 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2367
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -24.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.36° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.22° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.