The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 1980
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
7:42 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 710
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 | 201.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -19.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.50° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.21° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.