The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 30, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
2:42 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 166
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 59.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -7.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.11° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.36° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.