The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 1959
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
3:36 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 450
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 | 296.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 234.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 2.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.87° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.