The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
3:06 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 871
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -11.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.00° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.96° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.