The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 1942
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
7:41 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 240
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 | 200.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.18° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.47° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.61° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.