The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 2013
Last Quarter
51.5% 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
1:28 AM
1:19 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1118
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 252.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -3.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.81° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.21° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.