The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 1998
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
1:07 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 933
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 | 74.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.0° / 73.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.16° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.64° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.