The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 2043
Last Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
1:05 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1489
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.35° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.93° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.23° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.