The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 2024
Waning Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
2:22 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1254
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -4.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.21° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.66° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| 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.