The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 2081
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
2:17 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1959
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 242.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -3.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.96° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.83° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.