The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
4:13 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1007
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 | 144.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 26.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -12.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.34° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.55° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.