The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2198
Waning Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3406
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.98° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.61° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.