The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
2:55 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2281
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 | 118.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 55.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -4.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.24° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.77° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.