The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 2188
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
7:19 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3282
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 171.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 13.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.42° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.08° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.