The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
2:49 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2751
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 | 114.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 56.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.36° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.15° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.