The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
5:50 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1613
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 | 171.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 328.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.86° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.79° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.