The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 1918
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
11:43 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -57
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 | 250.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.62° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.42° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.