The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 31, 2184
Waning Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
11:52 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3233
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 | 252.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -12.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.94° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.82° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.