The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 2105
Waning Gibbous
93.3% 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
11:09 PM
8:18 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2256
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 | 210.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -20.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.18° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.80° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| 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.