The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 2072
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
6:10 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1848
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.3° / 317.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.85° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.00° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 332.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.