The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 2056
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
8:34 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1650
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 | 215.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -21.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.32° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.16° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.