The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 2070
Waning Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
12:01 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1823
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 | 253.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.0° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.01° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.91° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.40° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.