The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 1938
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
11:07 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 191
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 | 29.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 97.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 19.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.85° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.97° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.