The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 2019
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
6:02 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1192
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.0° / 199.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 8.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.01° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.17° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.