The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 1914
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
12:33 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -106
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 | 78.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 79.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 13.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.18° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.48° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.