The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 1923
Waning Gibbous
96.8% 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
10:26 PM
7:39 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 5
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 | 199.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.13° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.80° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.