The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 30, 1926
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 42
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 | 221.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 266.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -22.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.75° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / 0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.60° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.