The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 2025
Waxing Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
12:50 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1267
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 74.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.09° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.18° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.48° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.