The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 1929
Waning Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
12:04 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 79
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 | 258.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.10° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.63° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.