The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2018
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
7:48 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1180
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -20.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.28° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.58° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| 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.