The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 30, 1954
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
7:35 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 388
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.0° / 181.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 21.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.74° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.44° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.