The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 1981
Waning Crescent
5.2% 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
5:00 AM
6:47 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 722
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 | 334.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 185.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 11.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.31° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.82° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.