The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 1918
Waning Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
10:34 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -57
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 | 237.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.87° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.22° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.