The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 2123
First Quarter
45.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
1:17 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.1%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2479
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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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 | 84.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 5.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.06° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.27° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.03° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.