The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2063
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
12:02 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1737
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 23.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.95° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.11° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.