The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 2177
Waxing Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3147
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 83.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.46° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.72° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.