The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
57.1% 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
1:57 PM
2:35 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2850
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 | 98.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 59.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 8.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.62° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.76° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.