The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
3:08 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1205
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 | 110.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 52.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 4.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.82° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.77° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.