The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
3:16 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3060
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 51.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.79° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.93° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.