The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 1912
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
5:08 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -131
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 | 188.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.8° / 309.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -27.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.15° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.12° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.