The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Waning Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
3:44 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1155
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 | 298.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 231.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 1.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.84° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.30° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.