The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 2127
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
12:06 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2528
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 | 255.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 255.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -10.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.90° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.38° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.