The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 2194
Waxing Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
12:45 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3357
Events on this date
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.22° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.23° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.84° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.