The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 1933
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
1:34 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 129
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 | 80.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 70.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 11.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.95° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.18° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| 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.