The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 2146
Waning Gibbous
61.1% 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
1:09 AM
12:16 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2763
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 | 257.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 254.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -10.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.49° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.20° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| 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.