The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 2047
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
1:12 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1539
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 74.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 8.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.65° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.82° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.