The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 2109
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
10:25 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2306
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 | 20.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 105.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.94° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.39° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.