The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
4:21 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1712
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.9° / 17.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.57° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.37° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| 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.