The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 1951
Waning Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
5:20 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 351
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 | 315.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.0° / 223.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.60° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.53° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.