The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 1960
Waxing Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
12:39 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 463
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 78.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.52° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.01° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.