The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 2010
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1081
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 | 223.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -20.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.37° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.16° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.