The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 2165
Waning Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
12:03 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2998
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.54° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.01° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.