The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2181
Waning Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
9:22 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3196
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 | 222.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.77° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.34° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.79° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.