The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 1915
Waning Gibbous
88.5% 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
11:14 PM
7:37 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -94
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -24.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.73° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.89° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.