The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 2129
Waxing Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
1:12 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2553
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.61° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.40° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.