The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
3:02 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1106
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 | 126.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 52.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -10.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.45° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.15° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.