The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 2008
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
5:29 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1056
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 | 315.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.3° / 226.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 14.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.14° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.95° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.