The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2029
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1316
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 | 230.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.10° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.97° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| 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.