The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2164
Waxing Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
3:03 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2986
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 | 118.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 53.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -3.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.22° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.34° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| 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.