The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
4:57 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 339
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,200 km.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.9° / 334.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -23.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.38° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.16° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.