The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
4:24 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 302
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 | 144.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.6° / 24.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -10.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.82° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.97° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.