The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 2134
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% 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
2:11 PM
2:44 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2615
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.00° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.58° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| 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.