The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 2173
Waning Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
10:22 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3097
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 | 239.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.92° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.40° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.