The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 1948
Waning Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
1:52 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 314
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 | 277.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 239.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.99° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.65° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.