The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
4:25 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 203
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 | 150.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.6° / 17.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.49° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.56° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.