The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
3:15 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 970
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 | 112.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 51.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / 3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.09° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.59° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.