The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 31, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
2:36 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3085
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 | 99.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 60.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.06° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.96° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.