The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
3:00 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1576
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 | 123.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 54.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -8.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.53° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.75° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.