The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 1926
Waning Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
10:04 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 42
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 | 234.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 258.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -20.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.97° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / 2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.79° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.