The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2170
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
7:15 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3060
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 | 200.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -25.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.23° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.39° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.