The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 1962
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
6:49 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 487
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 | 335.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.0° / 183.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.80° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.00° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.