The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 1934
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
7:21 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 141
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 272.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -26.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.97° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.00° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| 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.