The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 2161
Waxing Crescent
43.5% 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
12:50 PM
1:09 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2949
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 5.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.97° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.41° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| 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.