The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 2097
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
10:28 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2157
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 253.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -22.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.38° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.59° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.