The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 1945
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 277
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 | 221.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.48° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.41° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.