The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 1954
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
8:49 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 388
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.8° / 138.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 59m / 24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.68° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.69° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.