The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 30, 1942
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
6:44 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 240
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.89° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.43° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.