The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2085
First Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
1:35 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2009
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 71.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 2.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.46° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.20° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.