The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
4:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1143
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 | 155.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.8° / 3.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 57m / -13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.79° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / -3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.34° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.