The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 31, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
2:59 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3221
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 | 115.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -1.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.31° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.74° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.