The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
8:04 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1093
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.4° / 159.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.89° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.86° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.