The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 1922
Waxing Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
12:15 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -7
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 13.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.93° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.73° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.63° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.