The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% 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
4:35 PM
3:00 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 401
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 | 125.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 54.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -10.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.40° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.57° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.