The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 2138
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
1:38 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2664
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -5.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.29° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.81° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| 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.