The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
1:21 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -69
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 75.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / -3.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.79° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.65° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| 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.