The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
2:38 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1440
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 59.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 9.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.04° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.17° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.