The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 2044
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
12:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1502
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.86° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.68° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.