The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 1935
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
7:34 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 153
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 | 339.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.2° / 182.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.38° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.61° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.