The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
3:18 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3196
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 | 125.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -5.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.14° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.51° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| 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.