The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 2021
Waning Gibbous
67.0% 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
1:26 AM
11:22 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1217
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 | 250.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -19.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.55° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.59° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.