The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
5:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 908
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 | 163.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 345.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.17° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.95° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.