The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
5:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2788
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.0° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -12.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.56° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.17° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.