The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 2066
Waxing Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
1:18 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1774
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 6.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.13° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.01° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.