The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 1997
Waning Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 AM
3:58 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 920
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 3.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.96° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.50° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.