The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2074
Waxing Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
12:45 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1873
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 76.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.78° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.64° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.