The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
3:27 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1811
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -10.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.90° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.95° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.