The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 2067
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
8:59 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1786
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,000 km.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.57° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.37° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| 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.