The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 2060
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
11:32 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1700
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury 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 | 25.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 27.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.44° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.99° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.