The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
2:38 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1341
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 | 115.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 59.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -6.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.00° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.56° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.