The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
3:02 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 265
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 54.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 4.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.19° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.32° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.76° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.