The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 1953
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
8:32 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 376
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 | 217.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -23.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.90° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.00° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| 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.