The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 1904
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
7:15 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -230
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 | 208.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 292.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.07° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.70° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.