The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
3:09 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 636
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 51.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -11.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.47° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.78° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.