The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 2120
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2442
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 82.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.31° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.91° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.