The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 2122
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
8:32 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2466
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 | 215.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 269.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -22.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.25° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.63° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.