The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 2055
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
12:37 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1638
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 76.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.68° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.47° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| 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.