The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Waning Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
2:34 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1019
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 238.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -3.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.39° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.85° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| 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.