The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 1969
Full Moon
99.8% 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
9:45 PM
5:38 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 574
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.9° / 296.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -26.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.60° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.83° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 173.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.