The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
1:56 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1069
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 | 96.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.00° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.21° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.