The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 1986
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
2:24 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 784
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 238.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -5.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.34° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.04° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.