The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2040
Waning Gibbous
66.0% 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
1:29 AM
11:28 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1452
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 | 251.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 249.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.15° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.39° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| 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.