The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
1:25 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1168
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 | 79.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 11.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.85° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.33° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.83° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.