The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 2048
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1551
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 | 233.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 264.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.86° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.76° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.