The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
5:24 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3258
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.8° / 347.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -14.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.23° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.79° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.