The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 1903
Waxing Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -242
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 | 65.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 12.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.73° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.94° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.