The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 2160
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2936
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.42° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.20° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.