The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 1900
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
10:36 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 102.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 16m / 19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.99° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.83° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.