The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2108
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
12:27 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2293
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 | 259.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 254.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -8.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.41° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.80° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.