The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 30, 1948
Last Quarter
52.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
12:52 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 314
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 243.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -13.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.06° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.43° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.