The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 2185
Waxing Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
11:28 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3246
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 59m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.92° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.37° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.