The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 2189
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% 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
2:35 PM
3:12 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3295
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 | 106.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 8.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.86° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.12° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.