The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
2:36 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 30
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 | 99.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 59.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 7.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.15° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.56° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.