The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 1994
Waning Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
12:57 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 883
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 | 264.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -5.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.18° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.41° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.