The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
4:06 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1477
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 30.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -13.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.89° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.14° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.