The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
3:20 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -168
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 | 141.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -8.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.70° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.83° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.