The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 1943
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
6:39 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 252
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 | 333.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.3° / 186.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 10.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.75° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.20° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.