The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 1913
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
3:51 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -119
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 242.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 9.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.33° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.66° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.