The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 2115
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
2:50 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2380
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 57.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 7.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.86° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.53° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.40° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.