The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 1941
Waxing Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
12:18 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 228
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 | 62.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 80.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.16° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.83° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.