The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 2036
Waxing Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
1:27 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1403
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° 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 | 79.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 12.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.14° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.04° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.