The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 1934
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 141
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 | 218.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.80° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.19° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| 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.