The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 2180
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
1:06 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3184
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 75.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 5.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.22° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.59° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.