The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 1937
Waning Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
11:48 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 178
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 | 251.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -9.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.86° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.20° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.22° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.