The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 2174
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
2:07 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3109
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 239.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.20° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.48° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.